[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Campus Compact enables colleges and universities to educate students for lives of citizenship and leadership in a democratic society. Our work is grounded in a fundamental respect for students as agents of change, including change in their own learning environments. We recognize the power of experiential learning and the necessity of augmenting good intentions with an understanding of context, policy, and real world impact. These principles undergird our approaches to supporting students' development as civically engaged citizens and leaders. Through our Newman Civic Fellowship, we support a cohort of community-committed students in their development as public problem solvers. In addition to this direct support for student leadership, we also maintain a library of models and resources to elevate best practices for engaged teaching, research, and partnership development.
The resources below are organized by the learning outcomes of the Newman Civic Fellowship but are intended to serve as resources for all students interested in becoming more effective public problem solvers and those campus and community educators supporting their development.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color="custom" accent_color="#a31c3a"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text="Asset Mapping" google_fonts="font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal"][vc_tta_tabs][vc_tta_section i_position="right" i_icon_fontawesome="fa fa-book" title="Books & Articles" tab_id="1476203443229-31b91d4a-68c0" add_icon="true"][vc_column_text]
- Kretzmann, J. P., & McKnight, J. (1993). Building communities from the inside out. Evanston, IL: Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research, Neighborhood Innovations Network.
- "Aid for Africa? No thanks." TED Talk by Andrew Mwenda
- "Adelita’s Gift: The Value of Asking the Right Questions" - a video from Abundant Community demonstrating the value of asset based work
- Green, G. P., & Haines, A. (2015). Asset building & community development. Sage publications.
- Asset-Based Community Development Institute
- The Abundant Community, which offers regular online conversations with professionals that you can access for free
- Chapter 3: "Assessing Community Needs & Resources" of the Community Toolbox includes a section entitled "Identifying Community Assets & Resources"
- Asset Mapping Activity from Everyday Democracy
- Guide to Community Asset Mapping by Falls Brook Centre, accessible on the Tamarack Institute website
- Simon Sinek's TED talk, "How great leaders inspire action"
- The Radi-Awards run by the Norwegian Students' and Academics' International Assistance Fund is an initiative that challenges stereotypes in development fundraising and annually lifts up examples of creative fundraising
- Resist is foundation that supports grassroots organizing through grants
- Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training
- Grassroots Grantmakers offer resources on grassroots grantmaking
- A Social Justice Communications Toolkit from The Opportunity Agenda
- Free online coding classes from Codecademy
- Change.org is a tool for starting online petitions
- Kickstarter to help fund new project or initiative
- GoFundMe to help fund projects, organizations, etc.
- Banaji, Mahzarin and Anthony G. Greenwald. Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People. New York: Delacorte Press, 2013. Print.
- Dweck, Carol. Mindset: The New Psychology of Success. New York: Ballantine Books, 2006. Print.
- Myers, Verna. "How to Overcome our Biases? Walk Boldly Toward Them." Ted.com. TED, November 2014. Web.
- Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi. “The Danger of a Single Story.” Ted.com. TED, July 2009. Web.
- Brené Brown. Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead. Avery, 2015. Print.
- Brené Brown. "The Power of Vulnerability." Ted.com. TED, June 2010.
- Movement Strategy Center has a variety of tools geared toward helping individuals be conscious of and prevent their own burnout as activists
- Class Action provides a variety of activities to help individuals reflect on their own biases around class/socioeconomic status
- Project Implicit provides free implicit association tests which can help individuals learn about their own implicit biases
- Komives, Susan R., Wendy Wagner, and Associates. Leadership for a Better World: Understanding the Social Change Model of Leadership Development. San Francisco: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2009. Print.
Addressing group conflicts:
- Understanding the stages of group development can be helpful for navigating team dynamics - Judith Stein’s article helps explain these stages
- Integrative negotiation is a valuable tool for working through interpersonal and group conflicts, described in Brad Spangler’s article on Beyond Intractability
- Fisher, Roger, William L. Ury, and Bruce Patton. Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In. New York: Penguin Books, 2011.
- Harvard Law School Program on Negotiation
- Tom Wolff and Associates
- Tamarack Institute (in particular their website section on Collaborative Leadership)
- Kaye, G., & Wolff, T. J. (Eds.). (1997). From the ground up: A workbook on coalition building and community development. AHEC/Community Partners.
- Tips on "Communication Skills for Effective Collaboration" from the Project for Education Research That Scales (PERTS)
- Chapter 24 "Improving Services"of the Community Toolbox has helpful sections on collaboration entitled "Promoting Coordination, Cooperative Agreements, and Collaborative Agreements Among Agencies" and "Developing Multisector Collaborations"
- Marshall Ganz's articles
- Popovic, Srdja and Matthew Miller. Blueprint for Revolution: How to Use Rice Pudding, Lego Men, and Other Nonviolent Techniques to Galvanize Communities, Overthrow Dictators, or Simply Change the World. New York: Spiegel & Grau, 2015.
- Sullivan,T. J. Motivating the Middle: Fighting Apathy in College Student Organizations. Wheatmark, 2011. Print.
- Alinsky, Saul D. Rules for Radicals: A Practical Primer for Realistic Radicals. Vintage, 1989. Print.
- Arnstein, S. R. (1969). A ladder of citizen participation. Journal of the American Institute of planners, 35(4), 216-224.
- Minkler, M. (1997). Community organizing and community building for health. Rutgers University Press.
- Chambers, Edward T. Roots for radicals: Organizing for Power, Action, and Justice. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2003, Print.
- Gecan, Michael. Going public: An Organizer's Guide to Citizen Action. Beacon Press, (2004).
- Direct Action & Research Training Center (DART)
- Gamaliel
- Industrial Areas Foundation
- Leading Change Network
- Midwest Academy
- PICO
- Ayni Institute
- Other resource organizations for community organizing
- Grassroots Advocacy tool kit from the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
- The People’s Creative Toolkit for organizing & advocating from Rogue Citizen
- Advocacy Toolkit from UNICEF
- "Getting Equity Advocacy Results" toolkit from Policy Link
- Goleman, Daniel. “What is Social Intelligence?” Greater Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life. University of California Berkeley, 1 Sept. 2006. Web.
- Goleman, Daniel and Richard E. Boyatzis. “Social Intelligence and the Biology of Leadership.” Harvard Business Review. Harvard Business School Publishing, September 2008. Web.
- The following organizations provide resources and tools to help educate oneself and others about different categories of identity and systems of oppression:
- The Center for Contemplative Mind in Society provides resources on contemplative practices, which can be tools for better understanding one’s own feelings and needs
- The Intercultural Communications Institute provides a variety of training resources on intercultural communication, including several assessment tools geared toward assessing and building intercultural competence
- Brown, Tim and Jocelyn Wyatt. "Design Thinking for Social Innovation." Stanford Social Innovation Review. Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society, Winter 2010. Web.
- Kolawole, Emi and Amy Lazarus. "Design for Worldview." Inclusionventures.com. Inclusion Ventures, December 2016.
- Vulnerability is a key element of leadership and of innovation; Brene Brown’s article highlights the importance of this.
- Free online courses in human centered design from IDEO.org and +Acumen
- Free "virtual crash courses" and tools for using design thinking from Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford
- Margaret Wheatley. Turning to One Another: Simple Conversations to Restore Hope to the Future. Berrett-Koehler Publishers, 2009. Print.